Crimson Pearl Tears in a Dream of Red Mansions

The death of Emperor Jingmin's noble concubine Zhang Jia was originally not a big event, after all in this palace, it is normal for concubines to pass away from time to time.The passing away of the noble concubine Jingmin has stirred the hearts of some people in the palace, especially Concubine Yi.

During this period of time, Concubine Yi has been thinking about the recent series of events in the Palace of Yanxi Palace, especially when she discovered that since Daiyu was conferred the title of Princess Gulunchen Yushuhui and entered the Palace of Kunning, the palace has often Some big and small things happened, and she could feel that these things seemed like scattered chess pieces, but when connected together, it was a game full of traps.And what concerned her the most was that when Daiyu first entered the palace, the emperor first made a maidservant of the Han Eight Banners beside her a concubine, and then demoted Concubine Hui, and instead named Zhang Jia, who was just a nobleman, as a concubine. Concubine Min, one of the four concubines, entered the Xianfu Palace.

Thinking of this, Concubine Yi felt a little uneasy in her heart, she vaguely felt that this harem, and even this court would no longer be peaceful, and all the turbulent undercurrents would set off waves on the bright side.No, she absolutely can't just give up the status she had earned so hard in the first place. She gritted her silver teeth secretly, and there was a hint of ferocity in her eyes. She was ambitious since she was a child, and she was unwilling to be inferior to others. Praise her for having the true qualities of a Mongolian man, but it is a pity that she was born a daughter by mistake, otherwise it is uncertain that she will become a prince like him in the future.

At that time, when I heard this, there was a flash of pride in my heart, but more of contempt, I don't want to be that kind of prince, if I want to be, she will be the second Wu Zetian!For this purpose, she used tricks to break up the beautiful marriage between his elder brother Guo Luoluo Decheng and his sweetheart, and married the princess of Prince An's mansion as his wife, while she herself rejected the marriage proposal of the Mongolian eldest son Sheertu who admired her, and entered the marriage... Gong Xuanxiu, on the surface, pretends to be a virtuous and virtuous woman, but in fact she secretly meets people and kills people, meets ghosts and kills ghosts, step by step stepping on other people's bones to reach her current position, so she will never allow any accidents to happen!

Thinking of this, Concubine Yi called Xiao Taohong and said: "Little Taohong, who is the owner of the Zhenglan Banner among the Eight Banners?" The owner of the Zhenglan Banner was the late Prince An, and after the death of Prince An, the emperor named the owner of the Zhenglan Banner to the current Prince of An, Marhun." Concubine Yi heard this. , I was taken aback for a moment, and said: "There is no hereditary reason for the position of the banner owner." Xiao Taohong said: "It is only because the emperor said that Prince An is loyal and has made great achievements through hard work, so he conferred the title of banner owner to him." Prince Anjun." "I know, you can go down." Concubine Yi thought for a while, then waved her hand.After hearing this, Xiao Taohong withdrew.

After Xiao Taohong retreated, Concubine Yi's beautiful face became slightly distorted, Your Majesty, this move of yours is really ruthless!It turned out that the Zhenglan Banner, the Zhenghuang Banner and the Xianghuang Banner were the same flags before Shunzhi, but due to some reasons, it was lowered as one of the five flags by Prince Rui Dorgon, who was in charge of the government during the Shunzhi period. The Zhengbai Banner was included in the Shangsan Banner.However, despite this, the strength of the Zhenglan Banner's troops should not be underestimated, otherwise Prince An, Ye Yuele, would not have suppressed Wu Sangui's rebellion so easily.

Later, Prince An Yue Le passed away, and Zhenglan Banner lost its banner owner, so Zhenglan Banner's troops returned to Kangxi's hands.Some time ago, Concubine Yi heard that Kangxi had named the flag owner of the Zhenglan Banner. At first, because her brother Guo Luoluoming Shang Decheng was a general and belonged to the Zhenglan Banner, she thought that Kangxi would take over the Zhenglan Banner. The position of lord was granted to Guo Luoluoming and Shang Decheng, but Kangxi did not expect that this seat was conferred on Anjun Wang Maerhun, even though the sister of Anjun Wang Maerhun was his elder brother Guo Luoming Shang Decheng's son-in-law. After all, Fujin was not born to the same mother, the relationship between brother and sister is weak, and Marhun and his brother are not at odds.By doing this, Kangxi seemed to be giving Yifei and the Guo Luoluo family a big helping hand, but in fact it was burying hidden dangers for the Guo Luoluo family.

"Maybe it's time to take advantage of that stupid woman." A malicious light flashed in Yi Fei's eyes.The "stupid woman" she was referring to was Concubine Hui. Concubine Hui was aggressive by nature, but she had no scheming. She only knew that she was arrogant and domineering. When Concubine Hui was Concubine Hui, she often won the crown prince for Yinti In fact, most of the bad things about Yinreng in front of Kangxi were instigated by Concubine Yi, in order to make Kangxi feel disgusted with Concubine Hui, but because Nalan Mingzhu was the prime minister of the court, the official was first-rank, Among them, only Suo'etu can compete with her, so she can't be left out in the cold.

Concubine Yi tried every means to win over Concubine Hui, even when Kangxi wanted to hand over the harem to her, she refused, saying only that Concubine Hui was gentle and virtuous, and her status was higher than hers, so it was more appropriate.It is also because of this that Kangxi has never discovered the true face of Concubine Yi, and has always thought that she is a woman who "does not pursue fame and wealth, but is talented in Joan of Arc". Concubine Yi came up with the idea, and concubine Hui just accepted Concubine Yi's suggestion.For example, before Yinti was ordered to raise military pay, but it was not enough, so he went to the palace to ask Concubine Hui for advice.Concubine Hui Hui couldn't do it for a while, so she asked Concubine Yi to come to consult, Concubine Yi persuaded Concubine Hui to practice frugal tailoring in the harem, in fact, she was secretly gathering wealth. After hearing this, Concubine Hui felt that this plan was very good, so she agreed As a concubine, Kangxi found out, and hated Concubine Hui even more.

Now, in order to prove her doubts, Concubine Yi decided to use Concubine Hui as a test stone again, so she called Xiao Taohong and said, "Xiao Taohong, accompany me to Yongshou Palace and visit Concubine Hui Elder sister." After hearing this, Xiao Taohong hurried in to redress Concubine Yi, and then asked: "Master, I heard that Concubine Hui is ill, so I won't be afraid of getting sick if I go now. Concubine Yi laughed and said, "What do you know? It's time to go when she's sick." Then she tied her hair in a loose bun, picked up a pearl flower and stuck it on her temples, He said: "Prepare two gifts for this palace, it doesn't matter what kind of ginseng or bird's nest it is."

After hearing this, Xiao Taohong went to prepare a gift, and after a while, she gave the gift to Concubine Yi for a look, and said: "This is a thousand-year-old ginseng gifted by the empress dowager before, does it work?" Concubine Yi looked at it After a while, Fang said: "Success, let's do it like this." After saying that, he stood up, supported Xiao Taohong's hand, and walked towards the direction of Yongshou Palace.

Arriving at the side hall of Yongshou Palace, I saw Concubine Hui Gui lying on the couch, looking haggard, and the two servant girls next to her were back and forth, the room smelled of medicine, it seemed that she had been ill for a long time.Seeing this, Concubine Yi let go of Xiao Taohong's hand, threw herself in front of Concubine Hui's bed, and said, "Sister Hui Concubine! Why did you become so ill? I also blame my sister for being Jiu'er these days. I often come here to bother my sister, so I don't have time to visit my sister, I hope my sister will not blame my sister!" After saying this, he wiped his tears with a handkerchief.

Concubine Hui heard this, smiled sarcastically, and said coldly: "The concubine is just a small noble concubine now, how can she be called Empress Yifei? As the master of the first palace, Empress Yifei, every The daily affairs are complicated, so I don't have time to come to this poor place!" Concubine Yi knew that Concubine Hui was blaming Concubine Rong for getting rid of her guilt when she was in Kunning Palace that day, so she pretended Wiping her tears, she said, "My sister knows that my sister hates my sister very much, but my sister should also be considerate of my sister's difficulties. Concubine Rong has a higher status than my sister. Although the emperor favors my sister more, he trusts her more." Concubine, Concubine Rong said those things. Besides what she said, did my sister have other excuses? The younger sister and the older sister entered the palace together. The older sister should understand the nature of the younger sister. Now the elder sister Blame me so much, my sister is so embarrassing!"

After hearing this, Concubine Hui thought about it for a while, and felt that it made sense, so she eased her tone and said, "Sister, don't blame me! You think that my sister, I have fallen from that position to where I am now, so I have some doubts in my heart." Complaints, not to mention my sister, I have been ill for a long time, but no one has come to see my sister, it can be seen that the human relationship is weak, so the tone is inevitably a bit harsh, my sister will forgive me!" After hearing this, Concubine Yi replied angrily and said: "You and I have been sisters for so many years, why bother to say such unreasonable words!" Then he ordered Xiao Taohong to offer the thousand-year-old ginseng, and said, "Sister, this is the thousand-year-old ginseng that the Queen Mother bestowed on my younger sister. My younger sister doesn't need it. Give it to my sister, my sister is sick now, and she will recover sooner after using this!" After hearing this, Concubine Hui accepted it happily.

Concubine Yi went on to say: "Sister, you just need to relax, the emperor is only angry with my sister for a while, and when the anger subsides, she will naturally resume her status. After all, my sister still has her elder brother Zhijunwang. And brother Mingxiang is an important figure in the court. The emperor did not anger the other two because of his sister's affairs. It can be seen that the emperor still has his sister in his heart. The elder sister only cares about recuperating and listening to the good news. After being demoted, she was promoted to one of the four concubines, but now she is also dead, and the draft has also been dismissed, so my sister doesn't have to worry."

Concubine Hui felt relieved after hearing this, but after hearing Concubine Yi say that Concubine Min passed away, the emperor not only conferred the title of Imperial Concubine Jingmin, but also dismissed her from the draft and organized a large-scale funeral. , but because the imperial concubine Jingmin had passed away, even if she wanted to compete for favor, she would not be able to win, so she stopped asking.It's just that Concubine Yi's previous words made Concubine Hui feel offended, how can the emperor look at her with admiration again and raise her position again?With this in mind, Concubine Hui began to plan step by step.